1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1958 record 6–4 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach Jim Tatum (4th season)
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
1958 ACC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 12 Clemson $ 5 1 0  8 3 0
No. 15 South Carolina 5 2 0  7 3 0
Duke 3 2 0  5 5 0
North Carolina 4 3 0  6 4 0
Maryland 3 3 0  4 6 0
Wake Forest 2 4 0  3 7 0
NC State 2 5 0  2 7 1
Virginia 1 5 0  1 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1958 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Jim Tatum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fourth.

Two-way end Al Goldstein was named a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and the NEA.[2]

This was Tatum's last year as head coach, as he unexpectedly died at age 46 of a typhus-like illness in July 1959.[3][4] He had a record of 19–17–3 at UNC.[5]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 20 NC State No. 10 Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC (Rivalry) L 1421  
September 27 at Clemson Memorial StadiumClemson, SC L 2126  
October 3 at USC* Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA W 87  
October 11 South Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry) W 60  
October 18 Maryland Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 270  
October 25 Wake Forest Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry) W 267  
November 1 at Tennessee* No. 17 Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN W 217  
November 8 at Virginia No. 15 Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry) W 420  
November 15 at Notre Dame* No. 11 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN L 2434  
November 22 Duke No. 17 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell) L 67  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time.

Source:[6]

References

  1. "1958 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  2. "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 120.
  3. Jim Tatum Dies at 46 from Virus; N. Carolina Coach Succumbs after 10 Day Illness, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 24, 1959.
  4. "Jim Tatum's Disease Likened To Typhus", The Baltimore Sun, March 31, 1960.
  5. "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 158.
  6. "1958 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
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